St. John's Adoration Chapel

St. John's Adoration Chapel
"Do Not Fear: I am with you. From here I will cast light Be sorry for sin."

Thursday, May 31, 2018

June 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2018
ST JUSTIN MARTYR, OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SACRED HEART
1 Pt 4: 7-13
Ps 96: 10-13
Mk 11: 11-26

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: O St Paul, my dear father, guard my mind, my heart, my senses, that I may know, love and serve only Jesus, and consecrate all my strength for His glory.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Novice Pierina Sartorato FSP (1942)—Sr M Spes Marengo PD (1958)—Sr Giuditta Pagliana FSP (1995)—Fr Stefano Lamera SSP (1997)—Fr Girolamo Sgambetterra IJP (1999)—Sr Rosalia Ciccarello FSP (2002)—Sr M Giovanna Grandi FSP (2003)—Sr M Alfonsina Anzalone FSP (2006)—Sr M Fiorentina Ceccon PD (2006)—Fr Estansislao Conde SSP (2008)—Sr M Celsa Taricco PD (2008)—Fr Luigi Fabbri IJP (2013)—Sr M Beatrice Miyamoto FSP (2016)—Sr M Serafina Musizzano FSP (2017)

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

May 31, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018
VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY-
FEAST
Zeph 3: 14-19a OR
Rom 12: 9-16
Is 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
Lk 1: 39-56

Today pray so that Mary may give vocation to many, assist them and make their apostolate fruitful. Pray so that those who are called may become saints and form themselves in a holy way (FSP41, p. 172)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Margherit Imparato PD (1963)—Sr M Luisa Laurenti FSP (1967)—Sr M Vittorina Vellone PD (1976) Fr Giovanni E Robaldo SSP (1977)—Sr M Nives Ferrari FSP (1998)—Sr Pierina Columbro FSP (1999) Fr Angelo Bellanzon SSP (2003)—Raimondo Orrú HFI (2003)—Fr Andrea Damino SSP (2012)—Sr M Bartolomea Ali PD (2013)—Alfred Vance Ducote (1949).

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

May 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Pt 1: 18-25
Ps 147: 12-15, 19-20
Mk 10: 32-45

The model book, divine and source of what we say, is the Gospel. Each House therefore has two centers: Tabernacle and Gospel; above, the Eucharistic Jesus; beneath, the Gospel. That is why the solemn blessing is made and is exhibited in apostolic places (ACV (ACV, p. 196)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Lorenzina Ligari FSP (1935)—Sr M Alessandrina Migliardi FSP (1973)—Fr Aldo Varaldo SSP (1997)—Sr M Pacis Ferrero PD (2000)—Sr M Veritas Grau FSP (2004)—Sr M Amalia Bertolusso PD (2007)—Maria Ascanio IAM (2009)—Anna Maria Cocci HFI (2009)—Sr Eugenia Milan SGBP (2013)—Andrea Colaluce HFI (2014)—Philip Smelka (1995)—Armida Primavera (1999)

Monday, May 28, 2018

May 29, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Pt 1: 10-16
Ps 98: 1-4
Mk 10: 28-31

Reflectors, but human, because we consciously receive light; consciously we let it penetrate into us; consciously we transmit it. “I am the light of the world’ ‘You are the light of the world’” (ACV, p. 194)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Gemma Magno FSP (1945)—Fr Adolfo Lotta IJP (1998)—Sr Verónica Glassmann FSP (2008)—Elvira Targa IAM (2008)—Roberto Gardoni HFI (2015)—Fr Zulmiro Caon SSP (2017)

Sunday, May 27, 2018

May 28, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018
8th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
MEMORIAL DAY
1 Pt 1: 3-9
Ps 111: 1-2, 5-6, 9, and 10c
Mk 10: 17-27

This year, may our soul be well-established in Mary so that all the days of our life would be illuminated by her light, protected by her grace (RSP p. 4354).


PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Sofia Jiménez FSP (1998)—Sr M Beatrice Dante PD (2004)—Rosanna Paoloni HFI (2007)—Sr M Ecclesia Gastaldo PD (2009)—Fr Vicenzo Rossi IJP (2009)—Sr M Agnes Gabito FSP (2017)

Saturday, May 26, 2018

May 27, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018
THE HOLY TRINITY
DT 4: 32-34, 39-40
PS 14133: 4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 (12B)
ROM 8: 14-17
MT 28: 16-20

Jesus comes to us and what does he feed: the body maybe? “He who eats My flesh will have life:… He comes to us as Truth and thereafter nourishment is in our mind: He brings us the Truth (AP 1958/ 1, p. 114).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Giovanni Casuccio IJP (1982)—Fr Felice Carosso SSP (1985)—Antonio Pigiona HFI (1985)—Sr M Flores Marsili FSP (1992)—Sr Sabina Meneghelli FSP (1998)—Sr Vincenzina M La Pio FSP (2001)—Illuminato DDainotto HFI (2001)—Sr Annunziata Desogus FSP (2002)—Sr M Inés Marcondes PD (2013)—Sr Olimpia M Navelli FSP (2014)—Sr Natalia Vivian FSP (2016)—Antonio Gemma (1975)

Friday, May 25, 2018

May 26, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018
ST PHILIP NERI, PRIEST-Obligatory Memorial
James 5: 13-20
Ps  141: 1-3, 8
Mk 10: 13-16

Sociability is a virtue of everyone and for everyone. It is particularly necessary for those who live in communities; but it also has the greatest field; how wide-ranging our apostolate is, how extensive is the nation, how extended the Church is, how numerous mankind is (ACV, p 162)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Cleric Artemio Valenti SSP (1935)—Sr Crocifissa Benvenuti FSP (1961)—Sr M Agata Rizzo PD (1964)—M Teresa Alcibar HFI (1989)—Sr Angela M Pavesi FSP (1990)—Sr M Virgilia Romanelli FSP (1991)—Giuseppe Corona HFI (2001)—Fr Vincenzo Buongiorno SSP  (2009)—Sr M Teresnia Melis FSP (2010)—Bro Mario Celestino Rizzo (2011)—Sr Nicolina Sauarzon SGBP (2016)—Maura Affinito IAM (2016)—Sr FRaffaella Ragno FSP (2017)

Thursday, May 24, 2018

May 25, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018
VEN BEDE, PRIEST, RELIGIOUS, DOCTOR
ST GREGORY VII, POPE, RELIGIOUS
ST MARY MAGDALENE DE’ PAZZI, VIRGIN, RELIGIOUS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
James 5: 9-12
Ps  103: 1-4, 8-9, 11-12
Mk 10: 1-12

The Pauline is one who makes himself a reflector of the light (Christ), who receives and projects it over to the multitudes, in those areas most in need, or to those who are willing to receive light: “The light shines in the darkness”(CV, p 193).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Flaminia Di Nezza FSP (1947)—Fr Joseph Kolencheril SSP (1997)—Fr Valerio Cascia IJP (1997)—Fr Giovanni Basigli IJP (1999)—Sr M Gesualda Aureli FSP (2004)—Salvatore Iannelli HFI (2004)—Sr M Rosangela Marazzi FSP (2012)—Concetta Mammoliti IAM (2013)

May 24, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
James 5: 1-6
Ps  49: 14-15cd, 16-20
Mk 9: 41-50

For him to be heard, St. Paul would mount the highest pulpits and multiply his word with the means of human progress: press, cinema, radio, television. His doctrine would not be cold and abstract (ACV, p. 62)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Serafino Bertolotti SSP (1979)—Sr M Rosa Giardino FSP (1987)—Sr M Silvia Mangiarotti FSP (1999)—Bro Pietro Pisani SSP (2001)—Maria Caforio HFI (2006)—Sr M Consilia Spedaliere FSP (2009)—Rev Fr Fidel (1976)

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

May 23, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
ST RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS
James 4: 1-17
Ps  49: 2-3, 6-11
Mk 9: 38-40

Mary is like a serene sky always illuminated by the Divine Sun; and always willing to receive the splendor of its rays and to transmit light in the minds of those who seek God and salvation (ACV, p 44)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Colomba Crepaldi FSP (1997)—Lina Minverva IAM (1997)—Sr M Angela Sanino PD (2000)—Dr James Closser HFI (2000)—Irene Osorio IAM (2008)—Sr Pierina Marras FSP (2009)—Sr Sylvia George FSP (2011)—Sr Teresa Merlo FSP (2011)—Lino Bottin HFI (2013)—Sr Luisa Perinot FSP (2014)—Sr Zunilda Raquel Romero FSP (2015)—Sr M Laurenzia Piumatti PD (2015) Sr M Flaviana Cavallin FSP (2016)

Monday, May 21, 2018

May 22, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
ST RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS
James 4: 1-10
Ps  55: 7-10ab, 11a, 23
Mk 9: 30-37

Studied in depth, the sciences lead to Jesus Christ, Who is the Way to God; that is they prepare [the way] to receive the revelation of Jesus Christ (AD 186)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Giovanna Liverani PD (1974)—Sr M Gesuina Baschirotto PD (1979)—Sr M Felicina Belli FSP (1994)—Sr M Benedetta Marigliano PD (1996)—Pietro Monaldi HFI (1998)—Fr Alfonso Tsukamoto SSP (2003)—Sr Costanza Castagnolo FS (2006)—Sr Elena Marsiglia FSP (2008)—Sr M Loredana Vito PD (2009)—Sr Bernarda Vicario FSP (2010)—Sr M Flaviana Cavallin FSP (2016)—Celia V Cauzello (1991)—Escolastica Garcia (1998)—John Tommaso (2011)

Sunday, May 20, 2018

May 21, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018
SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
ST CHRISTOPHER MAGALLANES, PRIEST
AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
James 3: 13-18
Ps  19: 8-10, 15
Mk 9: 14-29

Jesus Christ is the perfect original; Paul was made and he made himself for us the form; in order that we can be forged in him, to reproduce Jesus Christ in us…to communicate to us his personality to the maximum: mentality, virtue, zeal, piety…everything (ACV, p63).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Francisco Villena SSP (1983)—Sr Nair de Bona FSP (1983)—Teresa Ugenti HFI (1984)—Sr M Pia Crosio FS (1990)—Pilar Albano HFI (2000)—Sr M Albina Fasolo FSP (2001)—Sr M Pierina Vicari FSP (2007)—Sr M Olimpia Tuninetti FSP (2008)—Lt James A Ducote, Jr USMC (1995)

Saturday, May 19, 2018

May 20, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018
PENTECOST -SOLEMNITY
Acts 2: 1-11
Ps  104: 1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
1 Cor 12: 3b-7, 12-13 OR
Gal 5: 16-25
Jn 20: 19-23 OR
Jn 15: 26-27; 16: 12-15

Projecting himself into the future, he felt that in the new century generous people would experience what he was feeling (AD 17).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M  Immacolata Panero PD (1976)—Sr M Gisella Mercanti PD (1998)—Pilar Labano HFI (2000)—Fr Maggiorino Testi SSP (2001)—MarioBonati GABRIELITE (2003)—Francesco Calamita HFI (2011)—Gino Barbone HFI (2012)—Sr Loredana De Paoli SGBP (2013)—Serafina Santiago (1988)

Friday, May 18, 2018

May 19, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 28: 16-20, 30-31
Ps  11: 4-5 and 7
Jn 21: 20-25


When aiming at souls and the glory of God, ways and means are available for bringing them closer, for enlightening them, for giving the ultimate charity: that f the truth (ACV, 190).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M  Scolastica Chisari D (1960)—Sr M Ave Garuti FSP (1972)—Sr Giovanna Deidda FSP(1987)—Sr Dionisia Capecci FSP (1998)—Sr M Lorenzina Ellena D (2003)—Sr M Rosetta Polloni PD (2006)—Sr Lucia Lestuzzi SGBP (2006)—Sr M Rosetta Polloni PD (2006)—Sr m Elisa Comi FSP (2008)—Franca ortella IAM (2009)—Angela Zuppini IAM (2012)—Isidra Manzo IAM (2012)—Sr M Francesca Chiesa D (2016)—Sr M Lidia Meggiolaro FSP (2017)—Luisa Severi IAM (2017)

Thursday, May 17, 2018

May 18, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
ST JOHN I, POPE, MARTYR
Acts 25: 13b-21
Ps  103: 1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab
Jn 21: 15-19


The one called to religious life is one who best develops his or her human personality; develops it in an excellent way, both in the human and in the supernatural aspect (RSP, p 556).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Rosita Diez PD (1966)—Sr Angelina Valsania FSP (1974)—Fr Marco Grossi SSP (1988)—Bro Francisco Sierra SSP (1990)—Sr M Palma Rigoni D (1995)—Piergiorgio Guerrescdhi HFI (1996)—Sr M Regina Caro FSP (1999)—Jeanette Downey HFI (2007)—Sr Franceschina Colavecchio FSP (2008)—Enza Alaimo IAM (2009)—Fr Rui rates SS (2010)—Sr Marcellina M. Dal Corso FSP (2010)—Bro Mathew Kodikattu SS (2013)—Minnie Madeline (1965)

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

May 17, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 22: 30; 23, 6-11,
Ps  16: 1-2a, 5, 7-11
Jn 17: 20-26


Publishers have the word, multiply and diffuse it printed on paper, character, ink. They have, on the human plane, the mission that in the divine plan Mary had: she was the Mother of the Divine Word; she received the invisible God and made Him visible and accessible to men, presenting Him in human flesh (RS, p. 530).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Ann Grubb IAM (2003)—Giovanni Giove HFI (2004)—Fr Giuspee Perna IJP (2009)—Sr Agnese Sandri FSP (2015—Maria Di asquale IAM (2016)—Wilfred Waltz (2009).

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

May 16, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 20: 28-38,
Ps  68: 29-30, 33-36ab
Jn 17: 11b-19


Studies under Mary’s protection means occasionally lifting one’s eyes to Mary’ the apostolate under Mary’s protection means to repeat from time to time ejaculations to her name. The work of piety and inner work offered to Mary means repeating the whole day “we fly to thy protection” (RSP, p 434).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Loreto Mari HFI (1995)—Fr Giovanni Carrano IJ (1996)—Bro Angelico Abrate SS (1999)—Sr M Casta Menoncin D (2007)—Sr Paola Macalli FS (2008)—Sr M Amabilis Esposito FS (2011)-Sr celeste Cearon SGB (2015)

Monday, May 14, 2018

May 15, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
ST ISIDORE THE FARMER, MARRIED MAN
Acts 20: 17-27
Ps  68: 10-11, 20-21
Jn 17: 1-11


Mary received a twofold announcement: from the Angel Gabriel, who told her of her divine Motherhood as regards Jesus Christ, and from the crucified Jesus Christ, who told her of her universal Motherhood as regards His mystical Body, the Church (AD 182).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Marta Altomani PD (1964)—Sr James Marie Roos FS (2001)—Sr M Redenta Camana FS (2005)—Sr Clara Boff FSP (2007)—Sr Emanuela Tanon SGB (2015)—Sr M Graziana Bragantini FSP (2017)—Bertha T. Sios (2007)

Sunday, May 13, 2018

May 14, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018
ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE FEAST
Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26
Ps  47: 1-8
Jn 15: 9-17


It is important to study always since one has always the duty to live with the men of today, to know their present needs and remedies, if indeed one wold want to do good (AT 54).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Mary Alfonsa Maliakel FS (1988)—Sr M Addolorata Boffa D (1988)—Fr Giovanni Chiesa SSP (1990)—Sr M Lucia Osorio FS (1994)—Sr M Fedele Pellizzon FSP (1997)—Maria Sara Leite IAM (1997)—Giovanni Patera HFI (2000)—Sr Raffaella Gravina FS (2008)—Bro Angelo Bruno Baldiin SSP (2012)—Sr M Yolanda Castro PD (2012)—Fr Thomas Fogarty SS (2017)—SR Agostina Gallo FSP (2017).

May 13, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018
ASCENSCION OF THE LORD, SOLEMNITY
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Acts 1: 1-11
Ps  47: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9 (6)
Eph 4: 1-13
Mk 16: 15-20

He felt deeply obliged to prepare himself to do something for the Lord and for the women and men of the new century with whom he would be spending his life (AD 15).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Immacolata Satriani FSP (2002)—Sr Tecla Zilianti FS (2007)—Sr M Blanca Seulveda PD (2011)—Sr Maria Kadalikattil FSP (2012)—Sr Silvia Salmistraro SGBP (2016)

May 11-12, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 18: 9-18
Ps  47: 2-7
Jn 16: 20-23


Continue, O Mary, your apostolate from heaven of giving Jesus to the world: The Way, the Truth and the Life.  Many nations are poor because they lack Jesus Christ. New generations are coming to life. The world will only be saved if it will receive Jesus as He is: all His doctrine, all His liturgy (RSP p. 530)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Imelda Marianni FS (1971)—Sr M Gesualda Rota FSP (1974)—Sr Brigida erron FS (1977)—Aldo Antonelli HFI (1991)—Luis HernánLuna HFI (1999)—Fr Lamberto Schiatti SS (2002)—Fr Manfredo Caroli IJ (2004)—Bro Luke Bedard SS (2006)—Sr M Leonzia Manera FS (2007)—Sr Celestina M Delogetto FSP (2010)—Sr M Adalgisa Tozzi D (2010)—Maria Sciarratta IAM (2010)-Sr M Assunta Incardona FS (2013)—Fr Giacomo Corá SSP (2014)—Sr M Delia Bovio FSP (2015)—Charles Dinwiddie (2014)
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
SS NEREUA AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRS;
ST PANCRAS, MARTYR
Acts 18: 23-28
Ps  47: 2-3, 8-10
Jn 16: 23b-28


To know men is a way to love them. In the school of geography, history, literature and the like, it is good to reveal the values and needs of the various continents, the state of civilization, customs, doctrines, religious conditions, relations with Roman Catholic, etc. In order to love one needs to know (ACV, p. 159).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Tommasina Simonato FSP (1940)—Fr Giovanni Gramaglia SSP (1981)—Sr Serafina Milani FSP (1984)—Fr Michele Grillo IJP (1993)—Fr Giovanni Chiavarino SSP (1994)—Sr M iera Giarrizzo FSP (2004)—Bro Giuseppe Omedei SS (2011)—Sr M Maura Bertozzi D (2012)—Sr M Lorenza Meinero FSP (2016)—Bro Carmel Kizhakel SSP (2017)—Sr M Edvige Corbellotti FSP (2017)—Fr Giovannino Porcu IJP (2017)—Rev James F Redding (1960)—Dale Baldwin (2000)

Saturday, May 12, 2018

May 10, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 18: 1-8
Ps  98: 1-4
Jn 16: 16-20


Evangelical Truths announced loudly speak to the mind, to the heart, to the senses; and Jesus Christ instituted preaching as the ordinary means of spreading the Gospel to the whole man: “God out to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature…”  (Apim, . 101).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Ilario Formento SS (1934)—Olimia Colombo IAM (1968)—Bro Daniele Parisella SSP (1979)—Sr M Angela Brigo FSP (1984)—Sr M Germana Lazzarotto D (1997)—Fr Edoardo Molina IJ (2005)—Sr M Mercedes Randisi FS (p 530)

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

May 9, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 17: 15, 22-18
Ps  148: 1-2, 11-14
Jn 16: 12-15


Mary’s work was intellectual. She meditated and studied the sacred books assiduously, and she possessed them so well that the Magnificat spontaneously flourished from her lips, which is a fabric of the sayings and phrases derived from the Bible (ACV, p. 198)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Domenico NuccioHFI (1995) – Maria Onesto HFI (1995)—Sr Alberta Scalet GSBP (2004)—M. Guadalupe G. de Montaurio HFI (2010)—Luigi Romani HFI (2015)—Sr M Joan Dharmai PD (2016)---Anna Marciante (2003)

May 8, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 16: 22-34
Ps  138: 1-3, 7c-8
Jn 16: 5-11


Learn more about Jesus Master: read what is about Jesus Christ, His life and His teaching; know his examples and know the means of grace (AP 1959, p. 18).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Rita Credico FSP (2009)—Prima Juntilla IAM (2009)—Sr M Elisabetta Ragoso PD (2011)—Sr Myriam Teresita Corbalan FSP (2014)—Norma virtucio IAM (2014)—Helen Zuzik HFI (2014)—Sr M Stella Doi PD (2015)—Ramon Verduczco Jimenez HFI (2016) Margaret Di Fazio (2007)

Sunday, May 6, 2018

May 7, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH—ST PAUL
Acts 16: 11-15
Ps  149; 1b-4, 5-6b
Jn 15: 26-16: 4a


It is important that there be preparation that is necessary for the apostolate: it is the inner preparation of holiness and external preparation for knowing how to proceed, to know how to approach and to know how to say the essential words. Moreover, the essential words are the truths that need to be said (AP 1958/2, p. 185).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Matteo Cattazzo SSP (2001)—Michele Miraglia HFI (2004)—Sr M Chiara Sergi FSP (2005)—Fr Ivo Pazzoglini SSP (2007)—Francesco Accossu HFI (2007)—Bro Marion Santoro SSP (2009)—Assunta Atzori HFI (2010)—Fr Francesco Dattilo IJP (2011)—Sr Assunta Bassi FSP (2012)—Sr M Danila Ferrante FSP (2012)—Bro Francesco Lim SSP (2015)—Rosetta Sacchi IAM (2016)

Saturday, May 5, 2018

May 6, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2018
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH—THE DIVINE
MASTER, WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE
Acts 10: 25-26; 34-35, 44-48
Ps  98: 1, 2-4 (2b)
1 Jn 4: 7-10
Jn 15: 9-17


God does not call just by words: in calling, He gives the graces and the necessary attitudes. He does with the individual souls as He did with the Apostles when He addressed them: “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of me” (FSP41, p. 172)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Innocenza Bottaro PD (1945)—Sr M Monica Battajello PD (1976)—Mons Ligi Liverzani IJP (1995)—Sr M Dominika Goniciarz PD (2008)—Sr Maria Grazia Mannini FSP (2009)—Bro Paolino Camparmó SSP (2010)—Sr M Raffaella Magsarili FSP (2011)—Sr Innocenza Turra SGBP (2012)—Sr M Christina Schreil FSP (2013)—Sr M Roberta Sguazzardo FSP (2015)—Sr M Mercedes Gonzalez PD (2017) Maria N Quintos (1996)—Caroline Gugio (2002)

Friday, May 4, 2018

May 5, 2018 with Blessed Father Alberione


SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH—MARY QUEEN OF
APOSTLES
Acts 16: 1-10
Ps  100: 1b-2, 3, 5
Jn 15: 18-21


Pray today so that the Most Blessed Virgin may make so many others hear the “Come and follow Me”. You have heard and followed this invitation (FSP 41, p 172).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Novice Giuseppe Gambino SSP (1930)—Sr Paulina Campos FSP (1964)—Sr Imelda Bianchi FSP (1987)—Bro Vincenzo Tommasini SSP (1994)—Sr M Pasqualina Giaccardi PD (1998)—Fr Lorenzo Rossato SSP (2004)—Sr M Paola Bergadano FSP (2008)—Luigia Pendinelli HFI (2008)—Sr Gisella Codias FSP (2011)—Fr Angelo Maria Cuozzo IJP (2012)—Sr M Aurora Scellato PD (2014)—Antonietta Ponzo IAM (2015)—Ruth Ann Baker (1975)—Delores Bressler (1997)


Thursday, May 3, 2018

May 4, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SACRED HEART
Acts 15: 22-31
Ps  87: 8-10; 12
Jn 15: 12-17


Love of truth, for truth, in truth, is the first and most hallowed love; “Sanctify them in the truth”, Jesus prayed for the Apostles (ACV, p 86)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Giacomina Adriano PD (1967)—Sr Bertila Lorenzi FSP (1991)—Sr M Emanuela Sauro FSP (1998)—Sr M Elisa Baggio PD (2008)—Maria José Paposo IAM (2008)—Sr Leontina Facchiano FSP (2009)—Sr Letizia Turra SGBP (2011)—Sr M Raffaella Yamashita FSP (2014)—Ruth Ann Piatt Baker (1976)—Daniel McParland (1997)

May 3, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018
SS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES, MATYRS--FEAST
FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH—GUARDIAN ANGELS
1 Cor 15: 1-8
Ps  19: 2-5
Jn 14: 6-14


People who nourish themselves with the Gospel love meditation, engage in abundant spiritual readings; in a way these principles remind them, they feel them in their spirit and they constitute the spirit of their soul, almost a second nature overlaid on the former, penetrated and almost absorbed by it (ACV, p. 53).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Giuseppe Ronconi SSP (2006)—Sr M Armanda Beghelli FSP (2015)—Marie Ducote Smelka (1995)—Joseph Mahoney—Winnie Williams—Darell Locker (no year)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

May 2, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
ST ATHANASIUS, BISHOP,
DOCTOR, OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH—ST. JOSEPH
Acts 15: 1-6
Ps  122: 1-5
Jn 15: 1-8


The power of example is always to be considered. Formation cannot be fictitious or superficial. That which comes from life forms life; that which just comes out of the mouth only brushes the ear (ACV, p 128).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Silvestrina Rustico PD (1946)—Sr Elena Montemezzo FSP (1983)—Dorothy Kopcho IAM  (1997)—Colomba Pennesi HFI (1997)—Antoni Szulcek GABRIELITE (1999)—Sr M Lourdes Rodriguez PD (2000)—Aurelio Bellavista HFI (2004)—Sr M Aloisia Bortoletto FSP (2014)—Cristina Guarino IAM (2017)--  Imogene Kozak (2006)

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

May 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
ST JOSEPH THE WORKER
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH—THE HOLY
SOULS IN PURGATORY
Acts 14: 19-28
Ps  145: 10-13ab, 21
Jn 14: 27-31a


INTENTION OF THE MONTH: Most amiable Queen, I adore and praise that unique privilege in the world, for you being made the great mother of the Savior, our Master, true Light of the World, uncreated Wisdom, the source of all Truth and first apostle of truth.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Angela Losito HFI (1994)—Alfred Edlmair GABRIELITE (1998)—Fr Pasquale Casillo SSP (2001)—Sr M Gabriella Munoz FSP (2008)—Maurizia Sartorato FSP(2009) Natividad Maidanna HFI (2013)—Bro Marcel Magro SSP (2014)—Sr M Irene Conti FSP (2014)—Marie Elizabeth Beattie (2001)—Ella Friloux—John Stevens (no years)

April 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018
EASTER WEEKDAY
PIUS VIRGIN, POPE RELIGIOUS
Acts 14: 5-18
Ps  115: 1-4, 15-16
Jn 14: 21-26

Our ideal, if we fix on it with the light of the Tabernacle and with the guidance of a good spiritual director, will be an empowering idea and a source of joy, one with unfailing results; it will be a mentality (ACV, p47)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Tecla Cutrini FSP (1960)  Fr Ugo Antonucci IJP (1991)—Sr M Salvina Pipus FSP (2008)—Maria Viviani HFI (2012)—Jesus Valdes (1987)—Emilio A. Mamaril (2009)